The socialists of Lanzarote have announced that in the coming days they will explain to all the residents of the Valterra neighborhood, affected by the legal proceedings filed by old canning companies that intend to evict them from their homes, the steps they have taken with the Social Institute of the Navy to seek legal formulas that allow these citizens to remain in their homes.
It should be remembered that on March 3, a resident of Valterra, [Antonio Betancort, criticized the steps taken by the PSOE on Radio Lanzarote, especially by Miguel González, on this matter.->50760] For this reason, he and other residents, accompanied by CC deputy Ana Oramas, stood at the Institute of the Navy, in Madrid, to find out firsthand what was happening with their homes.
Thus, the residents managed to get the Institute of the Navy to assure them that they will not be evicted from their homes, in the event that this body wins the pending trial to determine the ownership of the properties. However, the judicial ruling that will clarify who owns the land remains to be released.
As a result of that meeting, the PSOE has now assured that it will try to get a representative of the Institute to travel to Arrecife to directly inform the affected residents, "without intermediaries of any kind." This was stated by the national deputy, Miguel González, the senator Marcos Hernández and the regional parliamentarian, Manuel Fajardo Palarea, who held a meeting on Tuesday, March 8 in Madrid with the general director of the Social Institute of the Navy, Luis Casqueiro.
According to the PSOE, in this meeting Luis Casqueiro confirmed that the judicial rulings of the processes filed by the old canning companies, which claim for their property several dozen homes in the Arrecife neighborhood of Valterra, where fishermen and workers of the aforementioned companies have resided for more than 50 years, are still not known. In any case, the body dependent on the Ministry of Labor and Immigration confirmed its intention to appeal any judicial decision that is not favorable to the interests of the residents.
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The socialist deputy Miguel González recalled that this issue is subject to continuous monitoring by the representatives of the PSOE. "Since 2004, the socialists have been taking steps to resolve this issue, but it is a very complicated matter, which requires dedication and effort and is long-lasting. It must be taken into account that the definitive solution is not in the field of political decision, as it is a judicial procedure. The only political action that can be taken has already been taken and that is to continue with the appeals that are necessary in the event that the first judicial decision is adverse," Miguel González defended.
In this sense, he considered that "it is not admissible that there are political parties, in this case Coalición Canaria and Partido Popular, that at this point have been interested in the residents of Valterra trying to take advantage from the electoral point of view."
For the PSOE parliamentarian in the Congress of Deputies, "the residents have every right in the world to remain in their homes, and that is the fundamental objective of the socialists of Lanzarote." "We must not lose sight of the main implications of this issue: a mere speculative operation by old canning companies that never cared about the well-being of the residents and that now claim the properties for simple real estate reasons", González insisted.
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[The Social Institute of the Navy insists that it owns the Valterra land and promises residents that they will not be evicted from their homes->50760]